The New Rules: U.S. Needs Chinese Partners in Asian Century

The New Rules: U.S. Needs Chinese Partners in Asian Century

By: Thomas P.M. Barnett | Column

The national rebuilding project now facing America has us toggling between bouts of renewed self-confidence and crippling self-doubt. But the same thread runs through both cycles of this national bipolar disorder: the assumption that we must bear this burden alone. That assumption is our greatest weakness right now. Frankly, Americans should know their own history better and trust in themselves more.